Reality Has Changed in Recent Years: The People Are No Longer the Same, Torosyan

Arsen Torosyan, a member of the National Assembly from the ruling Civil Contract party, made a post on his Facebook page titled "The End of the Soaring Elites." He stated: "Almost every day we hear statements, read articles, or witness discussions on television and online, where an unnoticed yet persistent thesis is repeated: that the majority of the people is confused about what is right, what is injustice, which actions will lead to goodness and which to destruction, what is moral and what is immoral."

Specifically, he noted, "This perspective is almost always voiced by people who consider themselves the 'elite'—a caste possessing intellectual, cultural, material, or other types of superiority. They believe that their education, often merely represented by diplomas and the names of foreign educational institutions, already elevates them above the rest of society. Their self-esteem is also fueled by their social circle—the 'intelligent environment' where tastes, worldviews, lifestyles, and even the type of coffee ordered in a café coincide. Ordinary people, in their view, are merely numbers, not individuals. To be considered an individual, one must be elite like them—holding a higher education, equipped with a vocabulary filled with English words, European tastes, and so on."

Torosyan remarked in his post, "However, the reality has changed in recent years. The people are no longer the same. Now people understand that they are the ones who decide, that they deserve to choose, to live, to lead, without the need for elites. Now their speeches—no matter how rich in vocabulary—sound empty. No one believes anymore that graduating from Oxford grants the right to arrogance. No one believes patriotic calls from those whose children have become citizens of other countries just to avoid serving in the army. The elites have perished. However, precisely because they fly high in a disconnected realm from reality, they have yet to notice that they are alone there. Meanwhile, life in the country continues without them and without their 'irreplaceable' presence."

"And however bitter this new situation may be for them, the fact remains: what is happening down below is invisible from above. And now—everything is decided right down below," Torosyan wrote.